Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Rawlins, Wyoming, in Carbon County, has about 8,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Rawlins is held at the county jail, run by the Carbon County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Rawlins
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Rawlins is held at the county jail, run by the Carbon County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Carbon County Sheriff's Office at carboncountysheriff.com (page title: Carbon County Sheriff's), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Carbon County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 43 people, down from about 52 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 72 beds, and it ran at 72 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Carbon County has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 30 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Carbon County Jail
The Carbon County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Rawlins (filed by the FBI as Rawlins Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Rawlins.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Rawlins's 873 for 2020, the Carbon County Sheriff's Office's 256 for 2020 and Saratoga's 6 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in Carbon County with all twelve months of 2020 on file reported 1,137 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Rawlins arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Carbon County serves the sentence in a facility of the Wyoming Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at wdoc-loc.wyo.gov.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Rawlins?
Ask the Carbon County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at carboncountysheriff.com.
How many people are in the Carbon County jail?
About 43 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 72 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Carbon County go?
To a facility of the Wyoming Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at wdoc-loc.wyo.gov.
Is this the official Rawlins website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.